If you ever happened to see Jim Martin in a city, it probably meant that the city was being evaluated as an IETF venue. I've seen him quickly establish technical rapport with the local technicians at a potential venue, explaining why the IETF is different and would require major surgery to their in-house network (with the surgery to be completely reversed ten days later). And he could do this without upsetting or annoying those locals in the least, which is an amazing achievement. And he's been doing it for the last 60 IETFs. Think about that for a moment. Thank you Jim, 60 times over. Regards Brian Carpenter On 19-Mar-19 11:28, IETF Administration LLC Executive Director wrote: > At the end of IETF 104, Jim Martin will retire as the lead of the IETF Network Operating Center (NOC). > Jim has served the NOC team for over 20 years and has been responsible for designing, deploying and > operating the network infrastructure at every IETF meeting in last two decades. > > In addition to serving at meetings, Jim also traveled the globe to perform technical assessments > at potential IETF venues -- scrutinizing networks first-hand to ensure that they were robust enough to > support a future IETF meeting. If the technical infrastructure qualified, he aided in the negotiation > of contracts and worked with local service providers to get donated circuits. On occasion, he and the > NOC have actually rebuilt substantial portions of a venue's infrastructure to meet the IETF's needs. > > Furthermore, Jim managed to stay active in the IETF technical process and is the author and contributor > to dozens of IETF standards documents. > > Thank you Jim for your stellar service and commitment to the IETF community. > > Portia Wenze-Danley > IETF LLC Executive Director, Interim > >
